Ocean 2YC: Building a Community of Oceanography Two-Year College Instructors

该奖项将支持18个社区学院海洋学教师参加研讨会和2013年美国湖沼学和海洋学学会全国会议。这次集会将是建立海洋2 YC教师社区的重要第一步，这是一个没有以前集会或身份的团体。一个会议上？本科海洋学导论教学面临的机遇与挑战？将由Jan Hodder（COSSEE-Pacific）和PI Beauregard共同主持。它将侧重于有效的方法来教和评估学生在这些类的学习。该会议不是专门为两年制大学教师，但也将感兴趣的四年制大学教师。这可能为这些群体之间的互动提供了一个很好的机制。此外，扬霍德，石楠麦克唐纳，埃里克贝尔（高线社区学院）和鲍勃布洛杰特（奥斯汀社区学院）将主办一个研讨会的成功方法，准备社区大学生的地球科学职业生涯的一部分，他们的NSF资助？支持和推进地球科学教育（SAGE）在社区学院（2 YC）？项目最后，COSEE Pacific将为Ocean 2 YC的参与者举办一个晚间招待会。招待会可能包括讨论2 YC地球科学家教师的机会和资源，以及海洋2 YC社区特有的挑战和需求。旅行援助将仅限于出席会议或参加SAGE-2 YC研讨会的教师。参加这个项目的人将获得机票，生活费，并登记参加ASLO会议在2013年2月在新奥尔良，LA.社区学院是我们的教育系统的重要组成部分，并为近一半（或约700万）的所有美国本科生，32%的人是代表性不足的少数民族（国家科学基金会，2008）。然而，社区学院的教师很少有机会获得专业发展基金，使国家会议的出席和关键的互动，导致更高质量的教学（Geo 2 YC研讨会，2010年）。社区学院海洋学教师在课堂上面临着一些令人震惊的挑战，包括缺乏现有的科学研究，缺乏昂贵的设备，以及学生在一个课程部分的兴趣和能力的极大范围。 智力优势：该项目是建立Ocean 2 YC社区的关键第一步。这样一个社区将提供一个论坛，分享两年制大学海洋学教学的想法和策略，例如将研究纳入两年制课堂的创新想法，教授非专业课程，以及四年制大学的转学问题。更广泛的影响：在美国获得学士学位的所有学生中，有一半在他们的教育生涯中的某个时候参加社区学院（AACC，2012）。一个强大的社区学院海洋学教师社区，分享有效的教学策略，将导致更好的指导和更多的参与海洋科学。由于这些机构为少数族裔和第一代大学生提供服务的人数不成比例，社区学院的有效教学将带来增加海洋科学多样性的额外好处。

This award will support 18 community college oceanography faculty to attend a workshop and the 2013 national conference of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. This assembly will be an important first step in building a community of Ocean 2YC faculty, a group with no previous assemblage or identity. A session on ?Opportunities and challenges of teaching introductory oceanography to undergraduates? will be co-chaired by Jan Hodder (COSSEE-Pacific) and PI Beauregard. It will focus on effective ways to teach and assess student learning in these classes. The session is not geared specifically for two-year college faculty but would also be of interest to four-year college faculty. This may provide a nice mechanism for interaction between these groups. Additionally, Jan Hodder, Heather Macdonald, Eric Baer (Highline Community College), and Bob Blodgett (Austin Community College) will host a workshop on successful ways to prepare community college students for geoscience careers as part of their NSF-funded ?Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education (SAGE) at Community Colleges (2YC)? project. Finally, COSEE Pacific will support an evening reception for Ocean 2YC participants. The reception could include a discussion of opportunities and resources for 2YC geoscientist faculty, as well as challenges and needs specific to the Ocean 2YC community. Travel assistance will be limited to faculty who either present at the meeting or who attend the SAGE-2YC workshop. Participants in this project will receive airfare, subsistence, and registration to attend the ASLO meeting in February 2013 in New Orleans, LA.Community colleges are a critical part of our educational system, and serve almost half (or approximately 7 million) of all U.S. undergraduate students, 32% whom are under-represented minorities (National Science Foundation, 2008). Yet, community college faculties rarely have access to professional development funds that allow for national conference attendance and the critical interactions that lead to higher quality instruction (Geo2YC Workshop, 2010). Community college oceanography faculty face some startling challenges in their classrooms, including lack of access to current scientific research, lack of expensive equipment, and an extremely large range in student interest and abilities in one course section. Intellectual Merit: This project is a crucial first step, toward building an Ocean2YC community. Such a community will provide a forum for sharing ideas and strategies for teaching oceanography at two year colleges, such as innovative ideas for incorporating research into two year classrooms, teaching non-majors, and transfer issues with four year colleges.Broader Impacts: Half of all students receiving baccalaureate degrees in the U.S. attend a community college at some point in their educational career (AACC, 2012). A strong community of community college oceanography instructors to share effective teaching strategies will lead to better instruction and increased participation in the ocean sciences. Because these institutions serve a disproportionate number of minority and first generation college students, effective teaching at community colleges will have the additional benefit of increasing diversity in the ocean sciences.